My oil pan and long tubes got owned...

Thankfully neither of them were punctured, just dented. Gotta love downtown Detroit. :shiner: I was taking a different route than I'm used to taking and didn't realize as I was changing lanes that there was a manhole cover where the surrounding pavement was higher than the rest of the road. I tried to avoid it, but I must have driven right into it. Worried the shit out of me because I could feel the whole car lift up as I hit it. Oil pressure stayed constant so I knew I didn't drop my pan but it didn't make my drive to the parking structure any easier... it's not like I could pull over and check my car without getting mugged or my car stolen LOL

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Gotta love it. My ws6 got stuck on a similar manhole cover leaving taco bell back home. Was not cool having a nice trans am sitting lifted up and getting laughed at. Didn't want to hit it but had to cause some retard came flying in. Glad it didn't do much damage. I hit a limb on my way to work one morning, tore my y pipe off, bent my longtube, and busted my front bumper paint.Attachment 9931
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Notice in the pics where I'm fixing it my moms firebird in the background in a similar pose lmao. Had to pull my driverside longtubes to put the y back on. Real fun lining up a LT with the y pipe pulling down on it while your by yourself lol

Edit - btw hope y'all enjoy the redneck engineering in those pics. Pull the car on ramps, chain the k member to the tongue of the trailer, let the weight rest on the chain, jack up the rear and sit it on jackstands on one side anyways. Atleast it can't fall lmao

ugghhhh... that sucks!

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ugghhhh... that sucks!

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Nah part of having a lowered fbody with longtubes lol. If you haven't hit them yet you will before its over with. Just glad his wasn't bad. My oilpan looked like someone took a sledgehammer to it but it never leaked. Previous owners hit everything looked like. I tried my best to avoid stuff.

Time for kooks!

That sucks I've nicked my headers a few time just scratch them never my pan tho my tunnel mount TA cross member is always the first thing to hit stuff.

True that. Got the umi tunnel mount adj torque arm I had from a friend that didn't use it and he got the regular driveshaft safety loop that hangs down instead of the flush one. It hit everything. It did hook better though

Holy crap guys, this is why I try to stick to routes I know.... But even then I get surprised from time to time...

Im that asshole that slows down to a crawl when crossing bumps and shit in the car :D

Mine was a familiar route. Had a storm the night before. Came over a hill and as soon as my lights hit it I swerved. That was just the outside. Was half a tree laying on my side of the road.

Have you contacted the city, dot, whatever about covering the damages?

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Have you contacted the city, dot, whatever about covering the damages?

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Where I live a police report is required to finaggle with roadway damages, not sure what its like elsewhere.

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Holy crap guys, this is why I try to stick to routes I know.... But even then I get surprised from time to time...

Im that asshole that slows down to a crawl when crossing bumps and shit in the car :D

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I'm the same guy, slow down for bumps, pot holes, rr tracks, etc

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Have you contacted the city, dot, whatever about covering the damages?

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Detroit is so broke they wouldn't be able to do anything. There's no way I'd stop to file a police report or take pictures to try and file a claim - I'd likely get mugged or my car stolen.

I remember when I had just gotten my car... I drove it to and Accident Reconstruction school that the State Police was putting on.... When I left, I was showing off, and hammered it around an entrance to the highway.... just as I looked back to merge, I waffled a huge chunk of something metal that had fallen off a truck or something....

I immediatly dipped the clutch, killed the car and pulled over..... This thing mangled my stock K member and tore my oil pan open like a can opener........ Needless to say, none of my "BROTHERS" that were following stopped to help...

Anyways, you just made me think about that...


Now with my long tubes and my 2" drop.... scrapping is a regular occurance when Im not taking my time....

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I should own stock in those clamps....

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I like those clamps. I had alot of trouble with my clamps leaking.

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I like those clamps. I had alot of trouble with my clamps leaking.

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I throw a little orange gasket crap down then tighten up on these evenly... and QUIET....... until I wear holes in them... lol

Hey, at least its the clamps and not the headers

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Hey, at least its the clamps and not the headers

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LOL... look close at the header ,they are FLAT...

Just noticed that lol